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Synonyms for gyrate

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Synonyms for gyrate

to move or cause to move in circles or around an axis

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Synonyms for gyrate

to wind or move in a spiral course

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revolve quickly and repeatedly around one's own axis

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Basically, it's a squat, cylindrical bob suspended from a hollow copper tube that slowly gyrates back and forth.
Simulator rides are set on a motion base that gyrates in up to six different directions, called degrees of freedom: heave (moving up and down), pitch (tilting forward and back), roll (tilting side-to-side), surge (moving forward and back), sway (moving side-to-side), and yaw (twisting side-to-side).
WRITHING in a black bikini, Kate Moss gyrates as a pole dancer in one of the sexiest pop videos ever made.
Each wave accelerates a particular type of ion that gyrates in sync with that frequency.
The talented crew gyrates in Fosse's nervy way of stringing steps together--strut, accented pelvic rotation, thrust, shoulder shrug, split kick, and provocative pose.